I didn't even know lab tests could get cancer... Lab rats, yes. Tests, no.
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Lab rats cannot cause cancer. Lab tests in fact, can. (ex: This test shows "The effect of injecting heroine into the cerebellum of rodent species (i.e. rats)." Result: The rats developed tumors. The published paper, and yes i have written in a few so i know how it is worded, would say something along the lines of "This test demonstrates that heroine injected directly into the brainstem was responsible for a tumor developing..." etc. And yes, a tumor is a cancer)
True, not using Lucasarts properties forced them to make some of the best games of the 80s/90s, which were 100% original (Day of the Tenticle, Sam & Max). It also prevented "staining" any Lucasarts properties...
But, when they WISELY used their licenses, they scored BIG time. X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Indiana Jones & Fate of Atlantis, Dark Forces, etc - those were all AWESOME games. Though others hated them, I even loved Rebel Assault.
Only when they started whoring the titles to produce "Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine," "X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter," and "Star Wars: Racer" did they start to falter and cause what they originally tried to prevent: staining their cash cows...
just mentioning all those sucesses, along with the huge ESA failure* of Beagle 2 usually shuts them up.
*and you know you got them angry when they start whining/defending "but Beagle2 was England, not ESA!" - basically admitting it was a collossal failure but trying to shift blame elsewhere (and then throwing in a US-bashing joke for good measure).
I'm no tree-hugging hippie, but I have to admit that those big boxes were a huge waste. When CDs first came out, they came in jewel cases these huge boxes about 2.5x the size of a cd. What did you do with the box? It was useless. You threw it out.
Same with PC games. They came in these huge boxes that usually had 4 discs (or 1 floppy), a manual and that's it. If you shook a box, you could hear all the empty space inside. Did we need that? No. I applaud the shift to the smaller boxes. Those can easily fit a double-cd/dvd case and a paperback-novella sized manual (which most players admittedly, "proudly," don't look at).
It's like when people talk about their cell phone plans. My friend always tries to stay off it during the day, saying something like "I only get 400 free daytime-minutes a month!" And I'm like "Dude. They're not free minutes if you have to pay for them..."
Here's why I'm so pissed at the Partisan situation in America.
For those of you who are non-American, let me explain: In America, we have become SO polarized that the moment a democrat says something, a republican immediately says "why it's wrong/why he's REALLY doing it for some evil purpose" - and vice versa. I guarentee you, Al Franken has already decided that whatever Bush will do in 2006 (if elected) is already wrong, EVEN BEFORE HEARING IT! Same way that republicans ALWAYS said clinton was wrong (When Clinton bombed Iraq in 1998, Republicans said it was only to distract us from Monica). And yes, Rush already agrees with whatever Bush agrees with and hates Hilary Clinton's Senate bills even before they're presented. This goes both ways.
Today, had president X said that we have to unite as a nation and go to Mars by 2016, the other side would immediately say "It's stupid/useless/waste of money/just a distraction from (problem Y)."
Was Kennedy's space-race politically motivated? Yeah. Is it a good thing it happened? From my point of view... definately. Science doesn't know politics. Martian soil doesn't really care about WMDs or Gay Marriage. I hope that the next leader to make such a bold statement is met with some sort of unity, and not bickering. (But it won't).
As Chris Rock said in his latest comedy special about partisan politics: "Anyone who decides on an issue... before hearing the issue... is abolutely f*@&ing crazy!"
I'm the original parent, and I wrote my bit about Maus. Right before submitting, I admit, I HAD to put something in...
After "The Holocaust," I decided to insert "History's greatest crime" - just to see if some asshole (you) would pull an Israeli/Palestinian juxtapositon. Thanks for being so predictable.
To use "Dumbed-Down" and "Maus" in the same breath is to show both complete ignorance and stupidity.
Maus (which won the PULITZER prize) is one of the most powerful books EVER written about history's worst crime, The Holocaust.
Just because it's a "comic-book" does not mean it is "dumbed-down" or any less than a novel. Is "The Godfather," "Gone with the Wind," "Lord of the Rings" or "Shrek" any less of an art form because it is in motion picture form as opposed to the written word?
Maus is amazing. My dad got it for me in 7th grade and I have re-read it more than any other book is history.
first off, let me mention that this guy is AMAZING, and VERY WELL MIGHT BE the best jeopardy player ever.
However, I'm surprised there was no mention in the blurb that until very recently (2003?) they used to limit winners to 5-game winning streaks. My uncle won 5 times in a row in '86, was the first tournament of champions winner, and that ended his reign. Again, this guy rocks, but it's not necessarily because he's the best ever.
You mean importing it from Brazil, then sending it back to Brazil?
Yeah, I do mean that. More expensive, yeah. But it's so much better as a present than cash or a modified dreamcast which he won't understand (unfortunately).
"Does he know that that's not really how Barry Bonds acts out on the field? Does he know that Nomar [Garciaparra] can't punch somebody?"
Barry Bonds is not in the MLBPA (MLB Players Assoc). Therefore, he is not "bought" along with all the other players when EA buys the rights. In fact, in one game (MVP Baseball?), instead of buying Bonds in addition to the MLBPA, they made a charachter with Bond's exact stats, and he's some white guy on the Giants with some generic name. It's the biggest rip-off since "Mr. Dream" was the double of Mike Tyson in "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out" in all ways except he was just some no-name with Mike's former abilities:)
I'm a 3rd year med student, by no means a doctor, but i've learned extensively about this topic. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a horrible condition that causes the heart to be grossly enlarged in diameter but doesn't pump harder proportionally. HCM unfortunately does not have a good prognosis. It's a diease that is often involved when you hear about the high school quarterback or basketball center, "in perfect shape" who dies all of a sudden on the field.
Horrible condition, and as you might ascertain from the above example, it unfortunately is NOT something that can be predicted in the general population. They can be assymptomatic until one day you die.
Anyway, my point in titling this "GROSSLY misleading" is that this event, while tragic, did not necessarily have to do with DDR and more to do with the poor kid's cardiac deformity. I actually recently prepared a lecture for a group of surgeons in Chicago (about medicine and video games!) and one slide actually sited the Slashdot-mentioned story about the health BENEFITS of dance dance revolution. DDR has caused many people to become more active, less or even non-obese and has perhaps saved hundreds if not thousands of lives (or made them better/healthier). Just food for thought.
Magazines that cater to these bribes (and yes, such cases are bribes/extortion/blackmail) will rake in $$$ and readers now, with their "exclusive reviews," but will pay for it later when readers learn of such ripoffs.
Magazines like Consumer Reports have bent over backwards to give unbiased reports, and readers feel that they can trust them. Could CR have sold out and given better reviews in return for "donations?" Sure. Would it help their immediate revenue? You bet. Would it still be credible now, 40 years (whatever) after they came around? Not a chance.
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What about $10.25 for 90 minutes of entertainment in a movie theatre? I think $1 a day is a pretty fair deal personally...
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Lab rats cannot cause cancer. Lab tests in fact, can. (ex: This test shows "The effect of injecting heroine into the cerebellum of rodent species (i.e. rats)." Result: The rats developed tumors. The published paper, and yes i have written in a few so i know how it is worded, would say something along the lines of "This test demonstrates that heroine injected directly into the brainstem was responsible for a tumor developing..." etc. And yes, a tumor is a cancer)
Plus, Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut has all the Sonic Game Gear games as unlockables...
But, when they WISELY used their licenses, they scored BIG time. X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Indiana Jones & Fate of Atlantis, Dark Forces, etc - those were all AWESOME games. Though others hated them, I even loved Rebel Assault.
Only when they started whoring the titles to produce "Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine," "X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter," and "Star Wars: Racer" did they start to falter and cause what they originally tried to prevent: staining their cash cows...
*and you know you got them angry when they start whining/defending "but Beagle2 was England, not ESA!" - basically admitting it was a collossal failure but trying to shift blame elsewhere (and then throwing in a US-bashing joke for good measure).
I remember reading that the original Star Wars reviews were themselves pretty scathing. Anyone have links to the originals?
Same with PC games. They came in these huge boxes that usually had 4 discs (or 1 floppy), a manual and that's it. If you shook a box, you could hear all the empty space inside. Did we need that? No. I applaud the shift to the smaller boxes. Those can easily fit a double-cd/dvd case and a paperback-novella sized manual (which most players admittedly, "proudly," don't look at).
You're right. I should have said: "Science shouldn't know politics."
It's unfortunate that it does...
It's like when people talk about their cell phone plans. My friend always tries to stay off it during the day, saying something like "I only get 400 free daytime-minutes a month!" And I'm like "Dude. They're not free minutes if you have to pay for them..."
For those of you who are non-American, let me explain: In America, we have become SO polarized that the moment a democrat says something, a republican immediately says "why it's wrong/why he's REALLY doing it for some evil purpose" - and vice versa. I guarentee you, Al Franken has already decided that whatever Bush will do in 2006 (if elected) is already wrong, EVEN BEFORE HEARING IT! Same way that republicans ALWAYS said clinton was wrong (When Clinton bombed Iraq in 1998, Republicans said it was only to distract us from Monica). And yes, Rush already agrees with whatever Bush agrees with and hates Hilary Clinton's Senate bills even before they're presented. This goes both ways.
Today, had president X said that we have to unite as a nation and go to Mars by 2016, the other side would immediately say "It's stupid/useless/waste of money/just a distraction from (problem Y)."
Was Kennedy's space-race politically motivated? Yeah. Is it a good thing it happened? From my point of view... definately. Science doesn't know politics. Martian soil doesn't really care about WMDs or Gay Marriage. I hope that the next leader to make such a bold statement is met with some sort of unity, and not bickering. (But it won't).
As Chris Rock said in his latest comedy special about partisan politics: "Anyone who decides on an issue... before hearing the issue... is abolutely f*@&ing crazy!"
Well, no Russian (Soviet) lander ever survived.
Interesting...
Nintendo and Sony have 50 each in the top 100...
yeah, and Hamas claims to be a charity organization too...
After "The Holocaust," I decided to insert "History's greatest crime" - just to see if some asshole (you) would pull an Israeli/Palestinian juxtapositon. Thanks for being so predictable.
Yes. I know this. I was citing 4 examples of books that were made into movies (yes, Shrek is a book).
Maus (which won the PULITZER prize) is one of the most powerful books EVER written about history's worst crime, The Holocaust.
Just because it's a "comic-book" does not mean it is "dumbed-down" or any less than a novel. Is "The Godfather," "Gone with the Wind," "Lord of the Rings" or "Shrek" any less of an art form because it is in motion picture form as opposed to the written word?
Maus is amazing. My dad got it for me in 7th grade and I have re-read it more than any other book is history.
However, I'm surprised there was no mention in the blurb that until very recently (2003?) they used to limit winners to 5-game winning streaks. My uncle won 5 times in a row in '86, was the first tournament of champions winner, and that ended his reign. Again, this guy rocks, but it's not necessarily because he's the best ever.
I don't think we've seen that game yet. I think it's coming this year though: World of Warcraft
Yeah, I do mean that. More expensive, yeah. But it's so much better as a present than cash or a modified dreamcast which he won't understand (unfortunately).
I have a friend in Brazil and this seems PERFECT for him! Where can I buy one?
For me, the best were Lauren and Leah, and I thought the second Jessica was cute (I'm guessing it's a bad picture)
*No, I don't equate anti-Bush to equal anti-US... just ol' Timmy happens to do it a lot.
Barry Bonds is not in the MLBPA (MLB Players Assoc). Therefore, he is not "bought" along with all the other players when EA buys the rights. In fact, in one game (MVP Baseball?), instead of buying Bonds in addition to the MLBPA, they made a charachter with Bond's exact stats, and he's some white guy on the Giants with some generic name. It's the biggest rip-off since "Mr. Dream" was the double of Mike Tyson in "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out" in all ways except he was just some no-name with Mike's former abilities :)
I'm a 3rd year med student, by no means a doctor, but i've learned extensively about this topic. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a horrible condition that causes the heart to be grossly enlarged in diameter but doesn't pump harder proportionally. HCM unfortunately does not have a good prognosis.
It's a diease that is often involved when you hear about the high school quarterback or basketball center, "in perfect shape" who dies all of a sudden on the field.
Horrible condition, and as you might ascertain from the above example, it unfortunately is NOT something that can be predicted in the general population. They can be assymptomatic until one day you die.
Anyway, my point in titling this "GROSSLY misleading" is that this event, while tragic, did not necessarily have to do with DDR and more to do with the poor kid's cardiac deformity. I actually recently prepared a lecture for a group of surgeons in Chicago (about medicine and video games!) and one slide actually sited the Slashdot-mentioned story about the health BENEFITS of dance dance revolution. DDR has caused many people to become more active, less or even non-obese and has perhaps saved hundreds if not thousands of lives (or made them better/healthier). Just food for thought.
Magazines like Consumer Reports have bent over backwards to give unbiased reports, and readers feel that they can trust them. Could CR have sold out and given better reviews in return for "donations?" Sure. Would it help their immediate revenue? You bet. Would it still be credible now, 40 years (whatever) after they came around? Not a chance.